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The whole argument that harvesting crops kills more animals than eating meat is false, has been proven so repeatedly, and was put forth as anti-vegetarian propaganda. The same way that after the banks almost bankrupted the whole planet under the watch of GW Bush, the Republicans spread the word that is was all the fault of the Community Reinvestment Act. This is an old tactic. You never need to prove anything, just add in a little doubt and you will never have to answer your critics directly. The same way the oil companies fund science to debunk global warming. They could care less either way, they just need a few studies out there to keep people DEBATING, instead of deciding and taking action.
Not to mention, produce undergoes almost no processing once it is picked until it gets to your store. If hundreds of millions of rabbit sized animals were being killed during the harvest, it would be a common occurrence to find clumps of hair, bone fragments, blood, and other remains in your produce. But you never do.
Smokey, do you have a pet dog, have you ever owned a pet dog? Let's say I like the taste of dog so I come by your house, take your dog and bring him to slaughter house. Once there, he would watch 50 other dogs brutally slaughtered while he waited in line. Once it was his turn, he would be strung up by his hind legs upside down, his throat slit, and he would slowly die as the blood drained from his body as he moved down the assembly line. Alone, confused, and frightened, that's how your dog would die.
Would that be OK with you? Or is there a difference between your pet dog and a cow, or a pig, or a chicken?
Meat eaters can rationalize all they want, but they are removed from the slaughter and gross inhumane treatment so they pretend it isn't happening or doesn't effect them.
Can any of us live a perfect life where we don't cause harm to any other living creature? Of course not. But we can limit our negative impact. Not eating meat limits that negative impact on innocent creatures who would otherwise needlessly suffer inhumane and brutal treatment.
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